History and words Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51
schloss neu-augustusburg in weißenfels
bach composed bwv 51 during period when composed church cantatas irregularly, of them complete earlier cycles. according bach scholar christoph wolff, bach may have written cantata shortly before 1730 unknown occasion. performance material survived not reveal further detail, other indicating 1 later performance. hofmann sees connection court of weißenfels scoring of solo soprano , trumpet popular, , assumes work may have been intended performance @ court professional female singer. bach had written 2 birthday cantatas christian, duke of saxe-weissenfels. invited birthday celebration of 1729 , returned title of hofkapellmeister of sachsen-weißenfels ( court director of music of saxe-weissenfels ), , hofmann thinks connection between title , cantata highly probable .
both soprano part, covers 2 octaves , requires high c, , solo trumpet part, @ times trades melodic lines soprano on equal basis, extremely virtuosic. bach scholar alfred dürr assumes bach had unusually gifted singer, adding female voice unlikely in conservative leipzig. according joshua rifkin christoph nichelmann possible candidate because bach being aware of capabilities accepted him willingly thomasschule , nichelmann matriculated school 3 weeks before first performance. trumpet part written gottfried reiche, bach s principal trumpeter @ time. scoring unique in bach s cantatas, used italian composers such alessandro scarlatti. bach s son friedemann bach arranged work adding second trumpet , timpani.
the cantata 1 of 4 sacred cantatas bach wrote solo soprano (if 1 excludes arrangement of cantata solo bass , oboe ich habe genug, bwv 82, flute , soprano bwv 82a) , no other vocal soloists (the others being falsche welt, dir trau ich nicht, bwv 52, ich bin vergnügt mit meinem glücke, bwv 84, , mein herze schwimmt im blut, bwv 199), while wrote several secular cantatas solo soprano: weichet nur, betrübte schatten, bwv 202, ich bin in mir vergnügt, bwv 204, non sa che sia dolore, bwv 209, , o holder tag, erwünschte zeit, bwv 210.
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